This is the title of a book I found lying around where I am visiting...

I HOPE it might include the things science has FAILED in as far as revealing the actual situation is concerned.

But my guess is that it only includes "verified" facts, which to me is sad, for it perpetuates the myth that science is truth, when in fact science is but a process faulty humans use to independently grasp at straws the best they can.

In the name of science, many ultimately false claims have been made, and those should also be part of

"The 1001 Things You Should Know About Science"

 

I noticed some class showing a video supposedly exposing Fox News, and I thought a bit more about the whole liberal/conservative thing and the press after talking with the teacher. (I personally find it ludicrous to argue US news has a conservative bent because of being corporately run, when the mass of journalists vote Democrat and when polled prove to be pro-abortion, pro-gay rights, etc.)
 
I am convinced more than ever it comes down to whether one believes there is One who "knows better"... and whether that One is represented in the Bible. Apart from this, there is no sense standing against "progressivism" since man would be the measure of all things, and morality would indeed be a relative matter.

For instance, I do blame liberalism for such things as the spread of the practice of oral sex among younger and younger teens (including in exchange for favors, making it prostitution). Why? Because apart from a "biblical" moral reason, there is little that can be told to a young person that would prove anything is wrong with such behavior. Liberals can only opine about the danger of STD's, making it seem as though if that problem were out of the way, there could be no objection!

But what if there is a Designer or Creator who has our best interests at heart, to whom we owe our existence, and to whom we shall answer for this existence we've been granted? This seems to me to be the most basic matter, and this is at the crux of everything.

If were no such God, then it really wouldn't matter what anyone does, for ultimately there would be no meaning to existence other than whatever each individual makes for it. If there is a God, however, who "knows better" (and thus is to be trusted), then our entire attitude should be one of submission and even a healthy fear (of missing out on the best that Creator has for us, if nothing else).

The Pew Research organization recently disclosed a major shift in the number of young people who identify themselves as Christian (or something like that... I didn't really read closely):

I would suggest the struggle many young people face with Christian values (or the Bible in general) have to do with:

1. feminism (is God FAIR?)

2. evolution (is God INCOMPETENT? as per the Panda's thumb argument of Stephen Jay Gould, etc.)

3. homosexuality (is God INTOLERANT or CRUEL?)

No one wants to be seen as intolerant, etc., so the pressure is on to accept so-called "progressive" views on these subjects.

To me, the case of the Bible must first be made plain, since it is typically misrepresented.